Looking over the political developments of the last
few weeks, it has occured to me how incredibly stupid
our politicians are being. I'm not going to belabor
the point, but I am going to go over several items,
then ask a question.

War in Iraq: It has now been established beyond any
doubt that the person occupying the Oval Office lied,
deliberately and calculatedly, in order to justify an
unprovoked attack on a nation that had done us no
harm. This has resulted in the deaths of over 1700 US
service men and women, the wounding and maiming of
thousands more, and the deaths and injuries of tens of
thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens. In addition,
the political horsetrading involved in the prosecution
of the war in Afghanistan has resulted in a major
increase of opiate production, with tribal warlords
increasing the growing of poppies, their most valuable
cash crop.

War on Terror: With the PATRIOT Act, the Intelligence
Reform Act, and now the illegal and coercive tactics
of the Justice Department in attempting to circumvent
the legislative process in order to gain even more
appalling and permanent police state powers, this is
not a war on terror. It is a war of terror, and it is
being waged against American citizens. Look at the
'no-fly' list, which is, in and of itself, totally
against the Constitutional protection of free travel
(freedom of association). If there is a threat of
terrorist actions against US citizens here at home,
why isn't the government doing everything it can to
encourage citizens to protect themselves? Why,
instead, is it restricting the rights of free and
innocent civilians? Knowing that the REAL ID act is
totally ineffective against those who have
demonstrated a propensity for breaking the law, why
was it passed? What is so important that every US
citizen must be numbered and tracked liked branded
cattle?

I'm not even going to go into the various allegations
of wrongdoing by the occupant of the Oval Office and
his cohorts in crime. Suffice it to say that even if
most of the allegations are false, no more than the
fevered dreams of paranoid conspiracy theorists, with
so much smoke, why hasn't there been an investigation
to see if there is actually any fire there? I'm sure
you all know the allegations I'm referring to, so I
won't belabor the point.

Given all this, why hasn't someone in the legislative
branch formally proposed an investigation? Even if
there is nothing to any of this, an investigation,
openly and verifiably conducted, would lay rest many
doubts about the honesty and integrity of those in
office in Washington. You would think even the most
die-hard Republican would see the value of putting all
these issues behind them. As it is, there is a very
good chance of a voter backlash against them in the
coming elections, especially if more proof comes
forward of official misconduct. Or is it perhaps that
they don't want an investigation because they are
afraid of the results?

I don't know. To me, it would seem common sense would
call for putting out any brush fires before they
become a full fledged forest fire. Common sense would
seem to call for helping to make the citizens of the
united States more responsible for their own safety
and security. Common sense would call for going after
the bad guys, instead of numbering and herding the
innocent. Common sense would seem to call for sparing
the lives of our soldiers, Marines, and civilian
contractors by stopping the activities that provoke
terroristic actions. Common sense would seem to
indicate that cracking down on American citizens who
only want to be left alone is a bad thing to do.
Common sense would seem to indicate that if you keep
violating your oaths of office, at some point there
will be a consequence.

Is it just me, or does there seem to be a remarkable
lack of common sense in the halls of government?